Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says

Uk ai e a d Russia have co ti ued st iki g each othe ove ight, with Volodymy Zele sky accusi g Moscow of usi g No th Ko ea missiles.

The Uk ai ia p eside t said st ikes i Zapo izhzhia – which killed at least six a d i ju ed at least 19 – i volved ballistic missiles f om Russia’s ally.

I Vo o ezh, i southe Russia, wa ehouses belo gi g to the o li e etaile , Wildbe ies, we e hit by Uk ai e. The compa y, k ow as Russia’s Amazo , has bee epeatedly ta geted i ece t weeks.

The attacks come a day afte at least 13 people we e killed, i cludi g o e child, i Uk ai ia d o e st ikes o the Russia epublic of Tata sta , mo e tha 1,100 km (680 miles) f om the Uk ai ia bo de .

I a video add ess o Mo day eve i g, Zele sky said “fo the fi st time” Russia “ca ot wage wa without ei fo ceme ts f om No th Ko ea”.

“The mo e No th Ko ea st ikes the e a e he e i Uk ai e, i Eu ope, the mo e thei missiles a d soldie s a e used, the mo e they co ect thei sho tcomi gs a d bli d spots”, Zele sky said, addi g that this poses a da ge to the est of the wo ld.

I his add ess, Zele sky also hailed a successful ai st ike o a Russia pet ochemical pla t i weste Sibe ia o Mo day as a “ve y sig ifica t achieveme t” by the Uk ai ia milita y.

He p omised “mo e Uk ai ia deep st ikes, which should demo st ate to Russia a d the Russia s that peace is ecessa y”.

It is ot the fi st time Zele sky has accused Russia of eceivi g milita y assista ce f om No th Ko ea.

He wa ed ove the weeke d that as ma y as 50,000 No th Ko ea soldie s a e bei g se t to joi the milita y campaig defe di g Russia te ito y.

Zapo izhzhia Regio al Gove o Iva Fedo ov posted photos of vehicles a d buildi gs o fi e, sayi g Moscow had st uck the city usi g missiles a d guided bombs. I additio to those killed, at least 19 othe s we e i ju ed

O e pe so was i ju ed i st ikes o Kyiv, whe e ai aid si e s sou ded twice du i g the ight. Explosio s could be hea d o the outski ts of the capital, t igge i g fi es.

Fedo ov said i dust ial facilities, i f ast uctu e a d o – eside tial buildi gs i Zapo izhzhia we e hit i the Russia attack.

Uk ai ia officials say Russia fi ed 120 d o es ove ight a d a a ge of diffe e t missiles, but fo the fi st time they have ot give a umbe of missiles fi ed o i te cepted.

It follows a Ai Fo ce stateme t o Mo day u gi g the media ot to w ite “se satio alised headli es” o “sp ead pessimism” about the sho tage of ai defe ce i te cepto s.

I Kyiv, a st ike damaged a hospital, but officials say staff a d patie ts we e shelte i g. Mea while, st ikes o substatio s i Khe so a d Kha kiv esulted i powe outages.

Two wome have bee i ju ed i a Russia d o e st ike o Sumy, acco di g to Se giy K yvoshee ko, head of the Sumy City Milita y Admi ist atio .

The wome , aged 52 a d 66, we e t eated at the sce e, he says i a post o Teleg am.

The st ikes also damaged civilia vehicles, wa ehouse buildi gs a d i f ast uctu e facilities, he adds.

Sepa ately, the e have bee epo ts of a fi e a d explosio s at a logistics ce t e of Russia’s biggest o li e etaile , Wildbe ies, i the Vo o ezh egio .

Wildbe ies has ot yet co fi med the attack, but said that its facilities i the egio , which bo de s Uk ai e, have bee evacuated.

I July, Uk ai ia d o e attacks o seve al etail wa ehouses belo gi g to Wildbe ies dis upted the ope atio s of a la ge umbe of small a d medium-sized Russia busi esses.

Kyiv said at the time it was ta geti g logistics hubs used by Russia s to buy milita y equipme t, a d dis upti g supplies to the Russia a my.

The attack o Tata sta this week was o e of the deadliest si gle attacks o Russia si ce the sta t of the full-scale wa i Uk ai e i 2022.

At least 75 people we e i ju ed i the st ikes, with Uk ai e’s A med Fo ces sayi g it had hit the city’s Ta evo oil efi e y.

Ve ified images o social media showed la ge plumes of smoke a d flames isi g i to the sky i daytime, with ai aid si e s howli g i the backg ou d.

The Uzkbek co sulate i Tata sta said seve of those killed we e citize s of Uzbekista .